Liberty's Refuge

Prices

grampslcf September 14, 2026 No Comments

Capitalism provides a framework for the setting of prices for goods. In a capitalist economy, price setting is primarily driven by market forces—specifically supply and demand—though it can also be influenced by costs, competition, and, in some cases, government intervention.

In a free market, the price system is the mechanism through which the value of goods and services is determined. Prices adjust based on:

Supply: How much of a product is available.
Demand: How much consumers want at different prices.
Marginal utility: The additional satisfaction a consumer gets from one more unit of a good, which influences willingness to pay

We Still Remember

grampslcf September 12, 2026 No Comments

Ukraine-Russia

grampslcf September 11, 2026 No Comments

Negotiations to end the war have been ongoing since the beginning of the second Trump administration. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have been leading the talks with Moscow and Kyiv. These men have worked tirelessly to expand the potentials for peace around the world. They have the full backing of the President. The Gaza Peace deal is just one example of their efforts.

Negotiations in the Ukraine-Russia conflict have many headwinds working against peace. The EU needs the war. European economies are threatening to collapse. This is primarily due to the heavy hand of regulation and the EU’s pressure to go green. Without the war, it is difficult to see how the EU’s economies would be competitive.

Stopping access to cheap energy (think fossil fuels) in favor of expensive green energy has placed the EU at a significant disadvantage in the world markets. The sabotaging of the Nord Stream pipelines destroyed a source of cheap energy that would have helped those industries to stay competitive. Ukraine did that to prevent Germany from growing closer to Russia.

Lies & More Lies

grampslcf September 10, 2026 No Comments

Some people want to call capitalists greedy especially when they make a lot of money. Let me ask a different question. What do you call someone who forces a capitalist to sell part of the business he/she built so that that someone can take the money?

Elizabeth Warren, is that greed also? Or is it robbery?

How about forcibly taking real money from someone as a percentage of the assets they own, have not sold nor made any money from? Is that greed? Or again is that robbery?

The Venezuela Deal

grampslcf September 9, 2026 No Comments

President Donald Trump has just laid the blueprint on how to defeat and reorganize a brutal communist regime in less than a year by removing the tyrant and investing in that country’s vast natural resources.

A few decades ago, Venezuela boasted of having the highest living standards in Latin America and attracted large-scale European and Latin American immigration. That all ended when Hugo Chavez, the former tyrant, entered the picture with his communist-socialism. This destroyed the country. Then President Trump rescued the people and removed their current tyrant, Nicolas Maduro.

Recently, President Trump announced a massive oil deal with Venezuela, “The BIGGEST oil deal in world history.” Mike Steger from Promethean Action describes the brilliance of President Trump’s historic oil deal with Venezuela.

The American Dream

grampslcf September 8, 2026 No Comments

Following up on the post from Labor Day, you are the ones who have made America the exceptional country that America is.

America has been asking “What if?” since its beginnings. What if ordinary people could govern themselves? What if a person could own the fruits of his labor? What if a child born without wealth could rise by talent and determination alone? The answer to all of this created the greatest country in the history of the planet.

Now, however, there are elements seeking to fracture the coalition of pragmatic conservatives who believe in the premise that founded this country. The noise is getting louder and the distractions more intense. Resetting the economic balance sheet in favor of Main Street and everyday Americans is being challenged harder. For all of these reasons and more, it seems more difficult to keep moving forward with economic nationalism as the roadmap to making America great again.

Labor Day 2026

grampslcf September 7, 2026 No Comments

Labor Day is called the “unofficial end of summer” because it marks the end of the America’s nominal summer season. Of the 7% of Americans who take two-week vacations, many take their vacations during the two weeks ending Labor Day weekend. Many fall activities, such as school and sports (particularly football), begin around this time. Of course, in the South, many school districts take a three day weekend since they have been underway for a few weeks.

Labor Day is a federal holiday in America celebrated on the first Monday of September. It’s recognized function is to honor the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements in the United States.

It’s A Tuesday

grampslcf September 5, 2026 No Comments

Virginia has just criminalized a walk to the pond. A mom of five was convicted last week of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Her offense: allowing her 5-year-old son to walk about a half-mile by himself in their gated community. Let that sink in. Allowing a five-year -old to walk by himself inside a gated community is contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Rubio Speaks

grampslcf September 4, 2026 No Comments

The more I get to listen to this man, the more impressed I become with him. Trump has selected an outstanding Secretary of State. Speaking without a teleprompter or prepared script, Rubio gives an outstanding talk on our national economy.

A quick summary is we either reindustrialize our national economy, moving completely away from the ‘service driven’ narrative of years past, or we will forever consign ourselves to economic servitude. This is also the American perspective that undeniably affirms our baseline reason for cutting ties with Canada. Canada and mark Carney are wholly owned by the globalists.

World War III

grampslcf September 2, 2026 No Comments

Ukraine is fighting a media/propaganda war. The Leipzig-Halle Airport “drone attack” from August 5^th is front and center again. The initial story stated that, at an area within the airport complex in Germany, a small tour group noticed a drone flying low to the ground in/around the area where cargo planes are located.

The driver of the bus got out, pushed the drone to the ground and called airport authorities to notify them. The drone was located near the area where two Ukrainian Antonov aircraft were located.

The drone was a quadcopter type, with limited distance capabilities. Inspection of the drone revealed it carried 800 grams of explosive material and a faulty detonator. The drone was taken into custody by airport authorities.